Chinese Research Perspectives on the Environment, Volume 9

LIU Jianqiang is an award-winning investigative journalist and the Beijing editor of Chinadialogue, the first English-Chinese website focusing on reporting environmental issues.Friends of Nature is the first environmental non-governmental organization in the People’s Republic of China, established in 1994 by LIANG Congjie, YANG Dongping, LIANG Xiaoyan and WANG Lixiong. The organization has been recipient of fifteen prestigious national and international awards.

• List of Figures and Tables1 China’s Growing Environmental Civil SocietyZHANG Shiqiu2 Lessons from “APEC Blue” about Air Pollution Control in ChinaZHAO Lijian3 Controlling Aggregate Coal Consumption: Plans and PoliciesCHEN Dan, LIN Mingche, and YANG Fuqiang4 Revisiting the Private Automobile Ownership Debate after 20 YearsSHI Jian5 Soil Remediation: Still a Long Road AheadLIU Hongqiao6 Progress in China’s Environmental Legislation in 2014QIE Jianrong7 The Financial Sector and Environmental Risks: Understanding the New Environmental Protection LawWANG Xiaojiang and WANG Tianju8 Recent Developments in Environmental Criminal JusticeYU Haisong and MA Jian9 Environmental Information Disclosure Made Breakthroughs in 2013–2014WU Qi10 China’s New Urbanization Plan and Sustainable ConsumptionCHEN Hongjuan and CHEN Boping11 The Imminent Threat of Tropical Viruses: Lessons from the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in AfricaSHEN Xiaohui12 Chinese React to Jack Ma’s Hunting Trip to UKLIU Qin13 Reflections on Outbound Investment by China’s Mining IndustryBAI Yunwen and BI Lianshan14 A Case for Banning Illegal Timber Imports in ChinaYI Yimin15 Chinese Involvement in Brazil’s Development: Massive Investments Bring Environmental and Cultural ChallengesZHOU Lei and Petras Shelton ZUMPANO16 China’s Role in Antarctic Marine ConservationCHEN Jiliang17 Real-time Information Disclosure under Blue Sky Roadmap IIJointly released by the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs; Society of Entrepreneurs & Ecology (SEE); the Institute of Environmental Policy and Planning, Renmin University of China; Friends of Nature; EnviroFriends; Nature University18 An NGO Review of China’s Carbon MarketGreenovation Hub19 Perverse Incentives: Electricity Generation through Waste Incineration and Renewable Energy SubsidyThe Rock Environment & Energy InstituteAppendix I: Chronicle of Major Events in 2014Appendix II: Green Book of Environment Evaluation of China’s Environmental Performance in 2014Appendix III: Air Quality Ranking for 2014 of Provincial Capitals and Central Government-Controlled MunicipalitiesAppendix IV: List of Environmental Protection Laws and Regulations Released in 2014Appendix V: A Letter to the Government about Mandatory Protective Book JacketsAppendix VI: Friends of Nature Suggestions for Amending the Air Pollution Prevention and Control LawAppendix VII: Friends of Nature Continues to Urge Relaxation of Eligibility Requirements for Litigants in Environmental Public Interest SuitsAppendix VIII: A Petition Calling for Releasing for “Soliciting Public Opinions and Ensuring that the Newly Revised Standards for Controlling Pollution from Residential Waste Incineration by July 1, 2014”Appendix IX: 2014 Winners of Ford Motor Conservation & Environmental Grants, ChinaAppendix X: 2014 Winners of Best Environmental Report Award in ChinaAppendix XI: 2014 Winners of UNEP Champions of the Earth AwardAppendix XII: 2014 Winners of the Green China • 2014 Environmental Protection Achievement AwardIndex